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June 14, 2013

Tiny Submersible Could Search for Life in Europa's Ocean
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 13, 2013
One of the first visitors to Jupiter's icy moon of Europa could be a tiny submarine barely larger than two soda cans. The small craft might help strike the right balance between cost and capability for a robotic mission to look for alien life in the ocean beneath Europa's icy crust. The idea for the incredible shrinking submarine originally came from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California and Uppsala University in Sweden. Such a vehicle would help keep mission costs low at a time whe ... read more

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Space droids calling Secondary-school students can play the ultimate robot game: the annual Zero Robotics tournament turns the International Space Station into a playing field for European students to control minisatell ... more		NASA Awards Sample Return Robot Centennial Challenge Prize After two days of extensive competition, Team Survey of Los Angeles was awarded $5,000 in prize money after successfully completing Level 1 of the Sample Return Robot Challenge, a part of NASA's Cen ... more		Firefighting Robot Paints 3D Thermal Imaging Picture for Rescuers Engineers in the Coordinated Robotics Lab at the University of California, San Diego, have developed new image processing techniques for rapid exploration and characterization of structural fires by ... more
				LADEE Arrives at Wallops for Moon Mission The NASA Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) arrived today at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility to begin final processing for its trip to the moon later this year. LADEE is a r ... more		Europe launches record cargo for space station A European rocket blasted off from French Guiana on Wednesday carrying a record 6.6 tonnes of cargo for the International Space Station (ISS) and its orbiting crew. A space freighter with food ... more

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Helicopter takes to the skies with the power of thought A remote controlled helicopter has been flown through a series of hoops around a college gymnasium in Minnesota. It sounds like your everyday student project; however, there is one caveat...the heli ... more		Beer-pouring robot programmed to anticipate human actions A robot in Cornell's Personal Robotics Lab has learned to foresee human action in order to step in and offer a helping hand, or more accurately, roll in and offer a helping claw. Understanding ... more		GE and Lockheed validate compact rotating detonation ramjet for hypersonic missiles Danish PM says Greenland showdown at 'decisive moment' after new Trump threats Russia claims Oreshnik missile hit Ukrainian aviation plant		War Of The Worlds: Looking Back on the Martian Apocalypse Pendragon Pictures announces the release of WAR OF THE WORLDS THE TRUE STORY on DVD, a critically acclaimed Oscar contender featuring epic battles, giant robotic walking war machines, heat-ray weapo ... more
				Researchers design sensitive new microphone modeled on fly ear Using the sensitive ears of a parasitic fly for inspiration, a group of researchers has created a new type of microphone that achieves better acoustical performance than what is currently available ... more		Curiosity Drills Second Rock Target NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has used the drill on its robotic arm to collect a powdered sample from the interior of a rock called "Cumberland." Plans call for delivering portions of the sample ... more

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Principles of locomotion in confined spaces could help robot teams work underground Future teams of subterranean search and rescue robots may owe their success to the lowly fire ant, a much-despised insect whose painful bites and extensive networks of underground tunnels are all-to ... more		Robots learn to take a proper handoff by following digitized human examples A humanoid robot can receive an object handed to it by a person with something approaching natural, human-like motion thanks to a new method developed by scientists at Disney Research, Pittsburgh in ... more		GE and Lockheed validate compact rotating detonation ramjet for hypersonic missiles Danish PM says Greenland showdown at 'decisive moment' after new Trump threats Russia claims Oreshnik missile hit Ukrainian aviation plant		Desert Tests Pave Way for Human Exploration of Small Bodies A team of researchers from the SETI Institute, the Mars Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, and the space robotics company Honeybee Robotics has successfully completed a first series of field test ... more
				NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Drills Second Rock Target NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has used the drill on its robotic arm to collect a powdered sample from the interior of a rock called "Cumberland." Plans call for delivering portions of the sample ... more		Wayne State University researcher's technique helps robotic vehicles find their way, help humans A Wayne State University researcher understands that the three most important things about real estate also apply to small ground robotic vehicles: location, location, location. In a paper rec ... more

France keen to buy 12 US Reaper drones: minister

US drone kills 7, first since Pakistan PM Sharif sworn in

Pakistan families of victims demand halt to US drone strikes

Two New Russian Radars to Start Work Next Year

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Providing a new framework for understanding the energetics of ionic liquids

First large-scale production of III-V semiconductor nanowire

2-D electronics take a step forward

Study suggests second life for possible spintronic materials

Lockheed Martin and China Sign Nuclear Plant Safety Systems Work Deal

Fukushima official Twitter tirade under fire in Japan

EU wants six-yearly post-Fukushima nuclear stress tests

	US drone makes first catapult launch off a carrier: Navy The US Navy successfully launched an unmanned plane off the deck of an aircraft carrier for the first time Tuesday, in what officials called a breakthrough for robotic aviation. ... more		New Robotic Instruments to Provide Real-Time Data on Gulf of Maine Red Tide A new robotic sensor deployed by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Gulf of Maine coastal waters may transform the way red tides or harmful algal blooms (HABs) are monitored and managed ... more		NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission Practices New Satellite-Servicing Tasks With a historic robotic refueling demo ticked off its checklist, NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) put down the hose and picked up the screwdriver and utility knife. This latest round of satell ... more		MakerBot and Robohand "Lend me a hand" has taken on a totally new meaning, thanks to the inspirational project called Robohand. Robohand is a story of collaboration from 10,000 miles apart between Richard Van As, a woodw ... more

Scientists uncover new quantum state that could power future technologies

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Research suggests people willing to interact with more 'smart' objects		Robot-building helps Canadian kids develop skills for high-tech world		Drone 'space ship' app to help robots on future missions		Rights group launches campaign to ban 'killer robots'		Piezoelectric 'taxel' arrays convert motion to electronic signals for tactile imaging

Humans feel empathy for robots

Baby sea turtles and flipper-driven robot reveal principles of moving on sand

The SPHERES Have Eyes

New sensors can give robot hands a 'gentle touch'

Simple robot can 'scoot' along power lines to look for damage

Bechtel Partners with Planetary Resources for Space Initiative

Opportunity is in position for solar conjunction at 'Cape York' on the rim of Endeavour Crater

Beer Cans For Deep Space

Technique Finds Software Bugs in Surgical Robots And Helps Developers Fix Flaws, Ensure Safety

NASA's Asteroid Initiative Benefits From Rich History

The Space Cowboys are Back

Registration Opens for NASA Night Rover Energy Challenge

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Russia rekindles Moon exploration program, intends setting up first human outposts there

Swarming robots could be the servants of the future

Swiss firm plans robotic mini-shuttle

Researchers unveil large robotic jellyfish that one day could patrol oceans

Robot ants successfully mimic real colony behavior

Small swarm of robots could do tasks

SpaceX capsule returns after ISS resupply mission

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